About Me

Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata in her very own words had said about Mr Bhutoria ---
“He is a boy with a different vision altogether”. ---
Sundeep Bhutoria is a man with a mission – to make meaningful contribution to the betterment of society and to promote Indian art and culture at home and abroad.
Born in Churu in the Shekhawati region of India’s desert state of Rajasthan, Sundeep is very well known in the social, literary, diplomatic and the political circles in India.
A globetrotter, Mr Bhutoria straddles across worlds and wears many hats – a popular youth icon, tireless social worker and activist, ardent admirer of Indian art and culture, a successful businessman - he is engaged in many UNA projects holding key positions. He is closely associated with many social welfare organisations and trusts.
He loves to read,writes columns in dailies, plays the violin and enjoys playing golf and watching polo. He lives in Kolkata (India) with his wife Manjari but divides his time between Rajasthan, Delhi and London each year.
In a short span he has achieved many milestones and recognitions.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Today I attended the launch ofThree Novellasat theOxford BookstoreinPark Street. The book is a translation from Bengali to English ofNashtanir, Dui BonandMalancha. Translated by Sukhendu Roy, theBookwas formally released by the Governor of West Bengal M K Narayanan.

The release was followed by a discussion on the book by Supriya Chaudhuri, Prof Department of English, Jadavpur University and Swapan Chakravorty , director, National Library. Nabaneeta Dev Sen (file picture) could not attend the function as she was not well.

I thought I’d see her today at theOxford as I haven’t met her for almost over a month now. In Kolkata, each day there are several programmes every day at the same time to mark 150th Celebrations of Tagore but I felt this book launch was be very helpful for the non-Bengali community as the Governor said that translations are really useful for a non-Bengali like him.
Also met Sujata Sen, Director, British Council Kolkata, at the Oxford and discussed about the possibility of some joint programs with British Council and Prabha Khaitan Foundation. We had talked about it six months back but I could not give the idea a shape. We decided to sit next week and try to work out a programme.
After theBooklaunch, hadmasala chai at the Oxfordchaibar in traditional tea glasses with Bharti Roy, Governor and Suranjan Das, the Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University over light conversation. It is a good feeling to have tea orchaiin traditional glasses in the company of such intellectuals.